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LISA PARRY |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Lisa Parry is a London-based writer and a graduate of David Edgar's playwriting course at the University of Birmingham. Her theatre work has been staged at various venues across London as well as in the Lake District, Cardiff and Birmingham. Her poetry and prose has also been extensively published in national new writing magazines. Lisa previously read English at Oxford University, after which she worked in journalism for several years, her work appearing in regional and national newspapers. Lisa s piece Butterfly Fugue was performed as a rehearsed reading as part of Sherman Cymru s Egin: Springboard festival. She was recently named as a winner in Mokita Grit s playwriting competition, a finalist in the Internationalists playwriting competition, and a finalist in the inaugural Ronald Duncan award. Play credits include: Fairy Steps (Bootleg), March SW3 (Arcola, as part of Miniaturists 23), Waterbaby (Martin E. Segal, NYC), Inside A Grave (Bridewell), Second Life (Tara), Happy Birthday Luke (Tara), Carpet and Floorboards (Tara), The Giving of Flowers (Theatre 503, later at Sherman Cymru as part of ScriptSlam), From Brum to Manhattan (Theatre 503). A previous finalist in the King s Cross New Writing Award, Lisa is currently developing two full-length pieces, having received funding from the Arts Council and the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust. She is also a founding member of Agent 160 Theatre Company. For further information, visit www.lisaparry.com.
Plays by Lisa Parry
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #106626 | |||
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Notes: | finalist in The King's Cross Award for New Writing 2009 | |||||
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Angel in the Pub | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pubs in Kendal and Ulvester | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Word Market | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79595 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | A winning entry in Pub Scripts 2008, part of the Word Market Festival. The piece was performed in Kendal, Ulvester and later at Forum Twenty Eight in Barrow-in-Furness. | |||||
Synopsis: | A drunken woman emerges from the toilets to find herself face-to-face with an angel waiting for the descent of Jacob's ladder. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Being Visible | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Hub, London | 2009 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96606 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Short monologue, performed as a winning entry in the national Body Gossip competition. The piece was directed by Zoe Waterman and performed by Donnaleigh Bailey. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Butterfly Fugue | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cardiff: Sherman Cymru, Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 >>> | 19 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126976 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
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Notes: | part of Sherman Cymru'st third Egin:SpringBoard, our bilingual festival celebrating new writing and new voices. | |||||
Synopsis: | One violin. One butterfly. One concert dress. Two women. But whose is the intruding voice? And why is one of the women desperate to play Bach? A haunting study of loss, stifled ambition and mental disintegration. | |||||
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Carpet and Floorboards | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tara Studio | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Blank Thorn Apprenticeship in association with Tara Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84728 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | directed by Kate Budgen. | |||||
Synopsis: | A duologue exploring one couple's failing marriage | |||||
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Dark Frequencies | ||
| 1st Produced: | TACT Studio, Broadway, NYC | 12 Nov 2011 | ||||
Company: | The Internationalists | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133915 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | This piece was performed in Sydney and watched in New York via Skype (by one audience member at a time) as part of The Internationalists' event Long Distance Affair. | |||||
Synopsis: | Alexis is a superhero stuck in Sydney who desperately needs to travel to New York City to prevent a rupture in the space-time continuum. But she can't get there without the help of the audience. | |||||
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Fairy Steps | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Legion @ Salisbury | 05 Nov 2010 | ||||
Company: | Bootleg Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121429 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | part of snapshots | |||||
Synopsis: | Divorcee Charlotte finally agrees to go on a date with Rob, but the evening doesn't go as either had planned. | |||||
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First Incision | ||
| 1st Produced: | Allardyce Nicoll Studio, University of Birmingham | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79594 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | An extract from the play was performed as a rehearsed reading, directed by Alison Sutcliffe. | |||||
Synopsis: | An historical play looking at the origins of widespread human dissection in British medicine. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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From Brum to Manhattan | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Mixed Company Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68511 | |||
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Genre: | Short monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | A short monologue for a female actress in her early to mid-twenties; the piece was originally directed by Mukul Ahmed and in February 2007 was a winning entry in Pomegranate Theatre's "curtain warmers" competition in Chesterfield. | |||||
Synopsis: | A young twenty-something in Selly Oak is once again awoken by a stranger on the telephone trying to order pizza. Unable to sleep, she ponders leaving the Midlands and joining her boyfriend in NYC. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Giving of Flowers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Mixed Company Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68510 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | A short play for two actresses - one in her late fifties and another in her mid to late twenties. The piece was originally directed by Zoe Waterman and was later revived as part of Script Slam at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, winning the January 2008 heat. | |||||
Synopsis: | A twenty-something journalist visits her mother's grave, pregnancy test in hand. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Going Nova | ||
| 1st Produced: | rehearsed reading -Edinburgh: Traverse Theatre, Scotland, EUR >>> | 2008 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93363 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Rehearsed reading as part of the theatre's New Year, New Futures project with RSAMD. Directed by Cheryl Martin. This piece was also in the final three of Stellar Network's international plays in progress competition in New York. | |||||
Synopsis: | Fran, an astronomy-obsessed doctor, with a crush on Patrick Moore, looks down at her body, trying to ignore her husband and father until she can depart this life. But who exactly is this spiritual guide beside her? And why does the radio keep playing Sinead O'Connor? | |||||
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Happy Birthday Luke | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tara Studio | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Blank Thorn Apprenticeship in association with Tara Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84729 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | directed by Kate Budgen. | |||||
Synopsis: | A mother is visited by her dead son on the anniversary of his birthday | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Happy Birthday Ruth | ||
| 1st Produced: | (rehearsed readings) Aberystwyth: Canolfan y Celfyddydau / Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, EUR >>> | 19 Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #106672 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Work-in-progress reading as part of Travelling Light II. Directed by Gilly Adams and dramaturged by Kaite O'Reilly | |||||
Synopsis: | Ruth is Ian's wife, David's grandmother and Mary's long-term secret lover. For years she has juggled all three roles, keeping her own life in a delicate equilibrium. But her deceit has consequences, not just for herself. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Inside A Grave | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bridewell Theatre, St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ >>> | 31 Jan 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #110432 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Notes: | Produced by Total Beast Theatre Company as part of Six Minute Theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | A girl wakes up following a car crash in a space already inhabited by a woman from 200 years ago - and she's not welcome. | |||||
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March, SW3 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 21 Mar 2010 | |||||
Company: | The Miniaturists | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112653 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | Chelsea, London. A couple, a new baby, a naming crisis, an older child who believes his father is Santa and wants him to leave immediately for the North Pole. | |||||
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Not A Deathknock | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milgi's Yurt, Cardiff | 18 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | Dirty Protest | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131249 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | Tabloid journalist Heather is back from maternity leave and interviewing Caroline and Simon about the death of their daughter from cancer. Heather needs a picture but Simon refuses. And Caroline, Secretary of State for Defence, is struggling to balance loyalty to her family with orders from Number 10 to secure public sympathy and stay in her job. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Second Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tara Studio | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Blank Thorn Apprenticeship in association with Tara Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84730 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | directed by Kate Budgen. | |||||
Synopsis: | A suburban family's superficial harmony is threatened by the secret online activities of father and daughter. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Throwing Oranges to the Ducks | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Shakespearean Globe Theatre, The Bedford, Balham | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Practicum Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68508 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | A winning entry in Practicum Theatre's One Page Play competition; the piece was directed by Zoe Waterman. | |||||
Synopsis: | A weekend dad takes his child to feed the ducks, only he's run out of bread. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Waterbaby | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin E. Segal Theatre, New York City | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100566 | |||
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Genre: | short Monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Piece performed as part of Ecouter - space 7, The Francsca Woodman Project. Directed by Allison Troup-Jensen. | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman who grew from a sea creature in a shell tells us her story.This monologue was inspired by the work of the late American photographer Francesca Woodman. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Roses | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rehearsed reading, Theatre 503, London (Latchmere Theatre) >>> | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68509 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Reheased reading, directed by Zoe Waterman. | |||||
Synopsis: | A journalist grieving her mother struggles to cope when reporting a drink-drive case. | |||||
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